The Tiger Lillies have arrived at the Festival with a sordid tale of Mr. Punch and his exploits, in a cackle of darkly comedic songs, puppets and video. An end-of-the-pier Punch and Judy show this is not.

As the Lillies enter the stage we are greeted with a menacing Mr. Punch teetering at the front of the stage. His first utterance? "Murder is good, murder is fun it's better than sex I always . . . well you get the picture. Taking us through Punch's life; courting Judy, the birth and subsequent death of their child and ultimately to the hanging of Punch himself we are led through a series of even more Macabre songs, most of which are too explicit to put in a review. Accompanying the live action with some silent film and large blow up puppets is all very well, although the show did lack theatricality.

At times it felt like we were watching a concert by the bastard sons of Tom Lehrer, but still for some entertaining songs and the most screwed up Punch and Judy you will ever see this is hilarious. Brilliant, but leave the kids at home.